Jeddah, May 2010

IFIA Executive Committee meeting 2010 was organized in Jeddah on 25 May 2010. The following agenda was proposed and approved:

Agenda

1. Opening of the session
2. Report of IFIA work in 2009 and early 2010 by President
3. Financial report 2009 by President
4. IFIA Plans and projects 2010 – 2011
5. Preparation of IFIA GA
6. Preparation of the IFIA ExCo members election – nominations
7. Preparation of the IFIA president election – nominations
8. Others
9. Closing of the session

1. Opening of the session

The President expressed sincere thanks to the representative of the host to Fuad A. Al-Awwad for providing the best conditions to organize this meeting in Jeddah. The following Executive Committee members were present and the meeting was officially opened by IFIA President, Mr. Vedres:

1. Adam Rylski, Poland
2. Fuad A. Al-Awwad – Saudi Arabia (instead of M. Al-Fawzan)
3. Gerard de Villeroche, France
4. Hussein Hujic, BIH
5. Idrissa Hassane Souley, Niger
6. Lennart Nilsson, Sweden
7. Pavao Havlicek, Croatia
8. Virgilio Malang, Philipines

Other participants

1. Bela Boros, Australia
2. James Su, Taiwan, Province of China
3. Janos Szöllõsy, Hungary
4. Shin Kuo, Rep. of Korea

2. Report of IFIA work in 2009 and early 2010 by President

Click to see the complete report of IFIA Activities in 2009 and 2010

The report was unanimously accepted.

3. Financial report 2009 by President

This Balance sheet was unanimously approved.

IFIA President stated that the member fee income 2008 (old system) was USD 26 168 and member fee income 2008 (new system) was USD 2 465 only due to the decision of GA 2008:

The member fee is low. It is based on individual conventions which was determined many years before. The best way of the rise of the member fee is the spontaneity. Each IFIA member pay raised member fee according to its financial conditions in 2009.

The IFIA ExCo proposed the President to suspend the decision of GA 2008 and apply for the payment of the IFIA member fee according to the system before the GA 2008, Suzhou. This proposal was unanimously approved.

4. IFIA Plans and projects 2010 – 2011

The following projects were proposed and unanimously approved.

• 3rd International Inventors’ Day in Argentina in 2010
• 2nd World Cup of Computer Implemented Inventions  – Taiwan, Province of China (2011)
  Student creativity competition – Shanghai (preparation in 2011 and event in 2012)
• World Cup of Inventions – Inventor of the Year (2011)
• Conferences connected to invention presentations
• IWIS and ARCA official IFIA event (2010)
• 4th IID in Sweden – 2011

5. Preparation of IFIA GA 

It was proposed to organize the GA meeting on 29 October at 10:00 in Sal Amsterdam, Hal 12, Messezentrum, Nuremberg and the following agenda was proposed to be discussed:

1. Report of President, years 2006 -2010
2. Election of President for years 2010 – 2014
3. Election of ExCo members for years 2010 – 2012
4. Plans and Policy, to years 2010 – 2014
5. Member fee for years 2006 -2010

Date, venue and proposed agenda were unanimously approved.

6. Preparation of the IFIA ExCo members election – nominations

Applications were received by the IFIA Office from the following candidates:

1. Adam Rylski-Poland
2. Aliresa Rastegar-Iran
3. Béla Boros – Australia
4. Billy Malang-Philippines
5. Choi Jong-hyub – Rep. of Korea
6. Fuad A. Al-Awwad-Saud-Arabia
7. Gerard de Villeroche – France
8. Husein Hujic –  BIH
9. Idrissa Hassane Souley  – Niger
10. J. S. Momudu – Nigeria
11. Janos Szöllösy – Hungary
12. Lennart Nilsson-Sweden
13. Octavia Plesa – Romania
14. Pavao Havlicek-Croatia
15. Vladimir Petrasiev-Russia
16. Yifeng YANG – China

This list was unanimously approved.

7. Preparation of the IFIA president election – nominations
Applications were received by the IFIA Office from the following candidates:

1. Adam Rylski – Poland
2. Andras Vedres – Hungary
3. Choi Jong-hyug – Rep. of Korea

Adam Rylski – Poland withdrawn his application. Andras Vedres’ application was unanimously supported by ExCo.

8. Others

Lennart Nilsson provided a report on the activity of TTC. It was proposed to organize the next ExCo meeting on 28 October at 11:00 in Hal 12, Messezentrum, Nuremberg. Both proposals were unanimously accepted.

7. Closing of the session

The President closed the ExCo meeting.